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Species Deraeocoris poecilus

Deraeocoris poecilus (McAtee, 1919) - Deraeocoris poecilus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Infraorder Cimicomorpha

Superfamily Miroidea

Family Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Subfamily Deraeocorinae

Tribe Deraeocorini

Genus Deraeocoris

Species poecilus (Deraeocoris poecilus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Deraeocoris poecilus McAtee, 1919

Syn: Deraeocoris (Camptobrochis) cuneatus Knight 1921

Size

4-5 mm (1)

Identification

1) Pronotum punctate;

2) Cuneus red; and

3) A2 ≥ pronotum. (1)

Range

e US (MO-GA-NY-MN) (2)(BG data)

Works Cited

1.	The Plant Bugs, or Miridae, of Illinois Knight, Harry, H. 1941. State of illinois.

2.	Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.

Contributed by v belov on 4 April, 2009 - 11:03pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, onegunah
Last updated 3 May, 2017 - 9:37am

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